Requirements

Readings in Social Groups

Topic

Readings

Groups - General Homans, George C. 1992 (1951). The Human Group

Types Cooley, Charles H. "Primary Groups," in Theories of Society, pp. 315-318.

Weber, Max. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78.

Shibutani, Tamotsu. 1955. "Reference Groups as Perspectives," AJS, vol. 60, pp. 562-569.

Structure Simmel, Georg. 1958. The Web of Group Affiliations. (pp. 125-195).

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Leadership Berger, J. et. al.1974. Expectation States Theory: A Theoretical Research Program. Cambridge, Mass: Winthrop.

Conformity / Obedience Asch, S. E., Effects of Group Pressure Upon the Modification and Distortion of Judgements. In H. Guetzkow (ed.) Groups, Leadership, and Men, 1951.

Milgram, Stanley. 2004. Obedience to Authority. New York: HarperCollins.

Zimbardo, Phillilp. 1971. The Standford Prison Experiment

Janis, I. L. & Mann, L. (1977). Decision making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice, and commitment. New York: Free Press.

The Dephi Technique

Topic	Readings
Groups - General	Homans, George C. 1992 (1951). The Human Group
Types	Cooley, Charles H. "Primary Groups," in Theories of Society, pp. 315-318. Weber, Max. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, part III, chap. 6, pp. 650-78. Shibutani, Tamotsu. 1955. "Reference Groups as Perspectives," AJS, vol. 60, pp. 562-569.
Structure	Simmel, Georg. 1958. The Web of Group Affiliations. (pp. 125-195). Orgnet.com
Leadership	Berger, J. et. al.1974. Expectation States Theory: A Theoretical Research Program. Cambridge, Mass: Winthrop.
Conformity / Obedience	Asch, S. E., Effects of Group Pressure Upon the Modification and Distortion of Judgements. In H. Guetzkow (ed.) Groups, Leadership, and Men, 1951. Milgram, Stanley. 2004. Obedience to Authority. New York: HarperCollins. Zimbardo, Phillilp. 1971. The Standford Prison Experiment Janis, I. L. & Mann, L. (1977). Decision making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice, and commitment. New York: Free Press. The Dephi Technique